The Bangladesh cricket team escapes a fatal mass shooting a mosque in Christchurch and Test match against New Zealand is cancelled.
Jacinda Ardern: "This can only be described as a terrorist attack"at a mosque in Christchurch, that left 30 people dead.
The Bangladesh team arrived at the Al Noor mosque, near the Hagley Oval - the venue of Saturday's now cancelled third Test - when the shooting started.Bangladesh Cricket says the team are"safely back in the hotel".Mohammed Isam, the Bangladesh correspondent for ESPN, told the BBC he was with the players at the time of the shooting.
"I didn't take him seriously at first but then his voice was cracking up and I just ran for it. I tried to run all the way and I got a lift from someone and I reached the incident. "By the time I got close to the park, the players had disembarked from the bus, they were running towards me and just telling me to get out of there.He added:"The players were breaking down, they had seen way too much in the 15 minutes they were held up in the bus, there was no security because it is such a peaceful country."
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